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Finally, another update!
Hi, y’all.
Wow, Life has kept me so busy, but all is well.
I FINALLY found some time to update this site after four months of inactivity. I need to get back to graphic design, so I can keep pushing out great designs, but I just don’t feel that motivated anymore. I’m usually physically and mentally drained at the end of my day and I just want to sleep. 🤣
Anyway, enjoy this dark theme featuring Miley Cyrus that I made just in time for this Halloween season (though I’ve NEVER celebrated it). I don’t know when I’ll update again, but thanks for visiting and leaving me comments. 😘
Finally, I’ve updated this site.
Hello, blogiverse!
I had no idea that I would disappear for 6 months. So much has happened in real life, but, overall, everything is fine. I’ve been working - and working out - a lot and that has practically been my life. Recently, I’ve been trying to find more balance, so I’ve switched up my daily routine a few times.
Moving on to this site, I finally had a streak of “creative genius” if that’s what you want to call it. I saw some images of Halsey and decided to make another blend of her, and I must say this is way better than the first blend I made, which you can view on my deviantART. I hope to continue this streak of creative genius and produce more digital artwork ‘cause it’s been way too long. I’m thinking my next project will be a new Facebook cover, although I’m quite content with the last one I made featuring Kehlani.
‘Tis the season! Right?
Good evening, everyone! I’m finally updating this blog with a new layout. I know it’s simple and plain and I’m okay with that. I’ve been AFK so long that I didn’t really create a new “wintery” theme, so I decided to just reuse a minimalistic theme from years ago. I decided to go with blue to represent winter and I hope you all like this design. Relatively soo, I should be able to take a break and actually update this blog more. The first thing on my to-do list when I’ve got more time is to revamp my affiliates and link exchanges. I also really want to create more deviations to upload to deviantART, so, hopefully, I’ll update that gallery as well. Until then, take care, blogiverse!
It’s been a long 3 months!
Without getting into too much detail, here’s what happened:
My girlfriend and I broke up amicably.
My full-time job has become even more busy.
I got involved in bodybuilding, my newest hobby.
The last time I updated this site was in June, September is almost over, and October is quickly approaching. I hope you enjoy this fall layout. Honestly, I don't know when I’ll update this again. Real life has kept me incredibly busy, so don’t expect any more updates soon.
Where has all the time gone?!
My last update was in March and then I disappeared. Well, I’ve been super busy with my new full-time job! That’s right. I started a full-time job in the first week of May and it’s almost mid-June. Life has been great! I’m actually enjoying this job very much and it’s something I’m really good at doing. (I’ve been doing it for 5 years already at an entry-level position.) I’m still ecstatic to have a managerial role and run an entire department on my own. The customers can definitely be a handful, but they’re not too uncontrollable. 🤪
Switching to the site updates, I’ve gone with a very simple table design. I don’t really have the time to do some very intricate and fancy theme with lines upon lines of code; furthermore, I’ve not had any “artistic breakthroughs” in some time, so I haven’t created any new headers or blends lately. Big shoutout to Rach who gifted me the current header for this layout. It’ll suffice ‘til my next update or artistic breakthrough. To my online friends: Thanks for continuing to visit this site even though I disappeared for 3 months. My offline life has been hectic in a good way, but I found this small portion of time just to write this blog post. Now, excuse me while I go back into an online hibernation. 🤣
How’s this for a comeback?!
After almost two months, I’m back with an update! Shoutout to Meaghan, Kevin, and Meg for the resources I used in the header & to Claressa for the template. This has to be one of my favorite digital artwork pieces that I’ve made so far in all my years of graphic design. I’m quite proud of the outcome of this particular project. This was originally conceived as a cover photo for my Facebook profile, and I decided to use it here as well. Hope you like this design featuring Kehlani as much as I do - and it’s just in time for the Spring season that’s quickly approaching!
A lame design! Eh, maybe?
I’m really late at updating this blog here, so don’t hold that against me. I’ve already admitted that. Honestly, I had a creative block and I tried to produce a great design anyway. I tried to make it feminine and about love since it’s February and Valentine’s Day occurs this month. Maybe I should’ve gone with a design celebrating Black History instead?! That might yield a better result. Anyway, I hope you like this new design that features Adele. This is also my first attempt at a blend of Adele.
Just in time for Christmas?
Wow, it’s been almost 2 months since my last update and I’m sorry, y’all! Real life has kept me very busy, and I didn’t want to update this site. Last time I did an update was near Halloween and then I vanished. Thanksgiving came and left and Christmas is right around the corner, so enjoy this festive new design. Big thanks to Ana for the template! The icons and color scheme are original! Thank goodness I already had some holiday themed icons in my database. Thanks for the comments and visits although I disappeared for almost two months. If I’m not back before Christmas or the new year, then Happy Holidays and Happy New Year to you inhabitants of the blogiverse! See you next time!
Finally...an update!
October is almost over and I’m finally getting around to updating this site. I hope you all like this new design. Kudos to Kaitlyn for her helpful tutorial & to Raven for the template.
I also have a new link exchange, Carla, who runs a decent icon archive!
Other unrelated news is that Life is still treating me well and keeping me busy as usual. The weather is changing and getting more chilly out there, so please keep taking care of yourself! The entire world is still in the midst of a health pandemic and we’re starting to enter the “flu season.” Stay healthy. Stay safe.
Thanks to all of you who keep visiting and staying in touch with me on here. Until the next time, see you!
Where do I even begin?!
There’s so much to tell! In a nutshell, Life has been mostly great. I still have to deal with childish, immature, and petty BS since I’m still working with high school kids; however, this upcoming weekend will be the last chapter in that novel!
Other than that, adulthood is kicking my butt atm. From having to pay for so much insurance to having to pay for routine car maintenance to working three different jobs, my life is keeping me quite busy....and we’re still in the midst of a global health pandemic. My stress and disappointment levels literally spiked this week and I had to give myself a pep talk so that I didn’t “check out on life” and just lose my drive and ambition. (I’m not talking about being suicidal. I’m talking about just “existing” rather than “living.”)
Fortunately, my perspective has changed. I’m still climbing my mountain of challenges, but I’m in a better place mentally and emotionally. Life is interesting, eh?
Life has its ups and downs, but the strong always survive and conquer it in the end. If you’re going through a rough patch in Life, keep your head up and keep moving forward. You’ll eventually see that light at the end of the tunnel...even if it appears very faint in the distance at first.
P.S. I updated the layout, btw. Hope y’all like it!
“I’m going away for a while, but’ll be back. Don’t try and follow me.” - Paramore
I’ve been quiet for over a month! Sorry! My offline life keeps me quite busy between a full-time job and teaching fitness classes every single day of the week. On top of that, the workplace drama with which I’ve to deal is quite arduous, so forgive me for not being too active here. (I’ve been quite active online on a different blogging site for business purposes.)
Life is still going well overall. I’m not letting the workplace drama get to met too much. I try to leave all that negativity at work with all my negative co-workers. I just need to make it through the summer, and then I’ll be able to bid farewell to the annoying kids at my job. (Sorry not sorry but I’m speaking straight facts about my co-workers, and I can write an entire series on the drama that they constantly keep alive.)
If anyone has noticed, I changed the design of my blog weeks ago. I don’t even remember the exact date, since I’ve just been busy here, busy there, and busy everywhere. I’m also submitting so many job applications on Indeed, and setting up interviews, and going through trainings of all kinds. Ugh! It’s a long process, and I don’t even have the time to divulge all the details to you. Just know that I’m busy in my personal life!
I don’t know when I’ll be back to update this site again, so just peruse what’s already here or take a detour to my deviantART gallery to see outlets of my creativity. Stay safe and well! Practice social distancing! Wear a mask! I’ll see you later, blogiverse.
Life in this COVID-19 era...
is pretty interesting. I’m not going to lie.
I’m fortunate to still be employed and have a full-time job. I recently just accepted an opportunity and am employed as a lifeguard at a waterpark. (That’s all I’m disclosing, so become Sherlock Holmes and dig around for some clues if you want all the details.) It’s still unsettling the number of people who aren’t practicing social distancing or wearing face masks. I completely agree with health professionals who’ve already stated that we’re trying to “return to normal” way too fast. COVID-19 is still out there. It hasn’t gone anywhere. There already has been a second wave of cases soaring since we’ve begun to return to our lives before this global health pandemic.
I do my best to practice social distancing as much as possible while at work and I do have a mask that I wear when in close proximity to my coworkers (when I can). I even carry around personal hand sanitizers to keep myself protected.
People are so eager to jump back to normal life, so you bet that means that the weekends are the worst. It is heavily crowded, and no one seems to know what social distancing even means. We’ve marked spots in line that are six feet apart. We’ve grouped chairs and tables six feet apart. People just stand right behind each other while in line to go down a waterslide and they just move around the tables and chairs to their own preferred configuration. Ugh! 😑 It’s definitely a nightmare to deal with.
In other news, here’s a new layout. It’s dark...but still a summer theme. I hope you all like it. It’s been over two months since I’ve updated (or maybe just one?) I don’t really know. I’m losing track of the days and months.
Please be careful and safe out there, guys and girls. COVID-19 is still killing people and doctors are still racing the clock to find a cure for it. In the meantime, practice social distancing and wear a face mask! (It’s not that hard, seriously.)
Quarantine breeds creativity, eh? (Part II)
I’d gotten tired of making blends after making five in two days, so I decided to try making something different, a preppy text banner. Well, that didn’t go too well, so I just scrapped the entire project.
...but it was the aforementioned project that got me to ponder. Hm, can GIMP open a PSD file? Considering it’s not Photoshop, I didn’t automatically assume it could. Surprisingly, it can open PSD files! Why? ‘Cause it operates in layers just like its competitor.
This was great news to me, since I’d downloaded some PSD files years ago and though I wouldn’t be able to use them again until I got Photoshop (which is now subscription based). Well, I don’t want to pay a monthly subscription to Adobe, so I went with GIMP. It’s free and pretty much works the exact same way as Photoshop!
Upon discovering that I can open PSD files, I decided to open up some color scheme templates that I downloaded years ago. (It’s been so long that I don’t even remember when I downloaded them.) As a result, I made five new color schemes:
Ah! These bring me back to my days when I ran a graphics & resources site. I stopped because it was too much work and pressure. First off, I didn’t always have time to create new resources every week or month and I had some pretty talented competition in my field. (This never intimidated me, but it made me realize I had a VERY LONG way to go to reach the top in the graphic design community.)
Now, I just do it for fun or when I have some spare time. No one asks me for new resources, so there’s not the omen of a lingering deadline to meet. I make stuff when I make stuff. If people like it, great! If not, I don’t lose any sleep.
Anyway, I hope you like these color schemes. I’ll make more in the future.
[EDIT: 4/21/20 05:19CST]
I also made this icon for Pim, using a texture from Lucien.
Quarantine breeds creativity, eh?
If you’ve been here recently, you’ve seen a small spike in digital artwork production. This quarantine is making me tap back into my creativity and delve back into graphic design a little more. In less than a week, I’ve made five new blends of celebrities, one of which is the current layout.
I’m also exploring entrepreneurship by running my own business. Life is quite different now and this new “normal” is less weird than it was a month ago. I miss aspects of how things were before COVID19, but I don’t miss it so much that I want to go back to how things were. This pandemic has forced us all out of our comfort zones and given us the opportunity to grow and adapt to unwanted change. I can say that I have successfully adapted and am optimistic about the future, even though it is still mainly uncertain and unplanned.
Remember to stay strong! This too shall pass! In the meantime, turn this negative into a positive and focus on personal development. Complete that project you have kept postponing. Start and finish a DIY project. Or start your own business if you want! The possibilities are endless!
We all have two choices: sit in one place and be stagnant or adapt to change and thrive. Which one will you choose?
Credits go to: Smilergorl00, Marie, NG, Kevin & Lau (various pngs), Brandi & Kayla (textures).